laura champagne, thank you for joining us. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> we wanted to explore the impact from retail on this storm. we've raised this issue before, but to what extent is a major storm like this hitting into february start to affect, perhaps, easter season, retail and shopping patterns generally speaking? is there a way to sort of trade this event? >> this particular weekend is a good weekend if you're going to have a nasty storm. it's after christmas selling season, it's after january clearance. it's before tax rebates start showing up, particularly this year, which is a bit more complicated to get your refund. so the timing really won't hurt much of retail. if you wanted to trade it, probably the way to do it would be to own home improvement companies because home depot and lowes, i'm sure, did see a pick up in their sales before this storm. >> so february being the kind of in between or quieter time as they perhaps get a boost, but does it bring forward demand? >> well, apparently stores, for example, are alrea